State v. Anthony

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

We have before us two criminal cases in which the defendants were convicted of both armed robbery and aggravated kidnapping, in each instance growing out of a single criminal episode. Because the cases involve similar facts, raise similar issues, and were decided on the same basis by the intermediate appellate court, they can be resolved in a single opinion.

On a superficial level, the question presented is whether the facts in each case support convictions for both robbery and kidnapping. The real issue involves the propriety of a kidnapping conviction where…